What are they filming now?
tariku Debretsion
Does anyone know which episodes are being filmed now? 17-22 to
finish out the season (the "bottle" episodes we heard described
a month ago)? or only around 13-17 (I'm not sure how many7 they
do at a time) ?
Janet A Dornhoff
I think a recent message from Nicholas Gray said that they were
working on episode 320 (#20, season 3), and that they were going to
stick a couple of the "warm fuzzies" a fan sent onto Nick's
refrigerator door in a future episode... :-)
[This series sure is using up a lot of peoples' fifteen minutes lately!]
-Janet
dorn...@uiuc.edu
The *Real* Killer -- who do you think waxed that top step so heavily? :-)
LC Fenster
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>>Does anyone know which episodes are being filmed now? 17-22 to
>>finish out the season (the "bottle" episodes we heard described
>>a month ago)? or only around 13-17 (I'm not sure how many7 they
>>do at a time) ?
I don't know what you mean by "bottle episodes", but they are doing the
full slate of 22 eps originally planned. They are reusing sets and
have cut back the shooting schedule to save money (spending 6
days/episode instead of 9 days/episode) but everyone is working that
much harder to make up for it (14-18 hour days instead of 10-12 hour
days).
Episode 20 is a Divia story! :-)
Episode 21 is a Gillian Horvath story called Francesca, which I believe
may also be a Nat story. Nigel is directing it! :-)
Episode 22 is being written by James Parriott and Michael Sadowski (the
script editor), with some ideas from Ger, who is directing it, and will
provide some "closure" (how much is unknown, but supposedly not enough
to preclude future FK projects).
One of the remaining episodes will be a "clip" show to save money.
Don't know which one that is. However, the others will hopefully be
pretty similar to what we've been used to.
LC Fenster
Janet A Dornhoff
>full slate of 22 eps originally planned. They are reusing sets and
>have cut back the shooting schedule to save money (spending 6
>days/episode instead of 9 days/episode) but everyone is working that
>much harder to make up for it (14-18 hour days instead of 10-12 hour
>days).
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>One of the remaining episodes will be a "clip" show to save money.
That's pretty much what a "bottle" episode is; one that uses minimal
sets, guest stars, effects, etc, and/or uses lots of clips from past
episodes, in order to make a much cheaper episode.
[The things you learn from a brief flirtation with Trekkie-dom!]
-Janet
dorn...@uiuc.edu
If Starfleet Command had anted you to have a life,
we would have issued you one!
Velia Tanner and Friends
>luci...@ix.netcom.com (LC Fenster ) writes:
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>>full slate of 22 eps originally planned. They are reusing sets and
>>have cut back the shooting schedule to save money (spending 6
>>days/episode instead of 9 days/episode) but everyone is working that
>>much harder to make up for it (14-18 hour days instead of 10-12 hour
>>days).
><snip>
>>One of the remaining episodes will be a "clip" show to save money.
>
>That's pretty much what a "bottle" episode is; one that uses minimal
>sets, guest stars, effects, etc, and/or uses lots of clips from past
>episodes, in order to make a much cheaper episode.
Actually, a 'clip show' and a 'bottle show' are two different kinds of
cheaper episodes. A bottle show is an episode that is filmed 'in a bottle'
-- that is, on the existing sets or all in a single location. Not having to
make company moves means it can be filmed in fewer days. And if it's filmed
all on the standing sets, location fees are saved, as well.
A clip show is a an episode where as much as 30 minutes is made up of
'clips' from previous eps, so less new footage has to be filmed. For every
6-8 minutes of clips used, one less day needs to be spent filming.
Sometimes a show is both a clip show and a bottle show -- e.g. characters
sit around on a standing set and reminisce, with flashbacks. :-)
As far as I know, only one of the last batch of FK's is a clip/bottle show.
The others were filmed as they were written prior to the cutbacks, with
normal stories and structures -- but the cast and crew are having to be
imaginative and work extra hard to film 7 days' worth of material (not 9) in
6 days.
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Janet A Dornhoff
>Actually, a 'clip show' and a 'bottle show' are two different kinds of
>cheaper episodes. A bottle show is an episode that is filmed 'in a bottle'
>-- that is, on the existing sets or all in a single location. Not having to
>make company moves means it can be filmed in fewer days. And if it's filmed
>all on the standing sets, location fees are saved, as well.
>A clip show is a an episode where as much as 30 minutes is made up of
>'clips' from previous eps, so less new footage has to be filmed. For every
>6-8 minutes of clips used, one less day needs to be spent filming.
I stand corrected. Should have made the distinction myself, but I was
lazy. (Shame on me!)
>Sometimes a show is both a clip show and a bottle show -- e.g. characters
>sit around on a standing set and reminisce, with flashbacks. :-)
So, would "Close Call" count as a bottle show and a clip show? :-)
As I recall, it was mostly on already-existing sets like the precinct
and the radio studio, and it used a *lot* of clips...
And, come to think of it, it was a very good episode. There's hope
for the tail end of the season after all, gang! Me, I never doubted it.
Good writing can overcome any restrictions, and excallent acting can
make you not even notice the bottle!
-Janet
dorn...@uiuc.edu
Who was beginning to wonder if they're going to 'bottle' a final episode
by having an earthquake hit Toronto, trapping everyone where they are and
letting them trash the sets the fun way... :-)
Velia Tanner and Friends
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>So, would "Close Call" count as a bottle show and a clip show? :-)
>As I recall, it was mostly on already-existing sets like the precinct
>and the radio studio, and it used a *lot* of clips...
Yes, definitely. Clip shows are usually (though not always) also bottle
shows, but bottle shows only sometimes have clips. :-)